Umami Paste recipe

[Halex]

Yes its seaweed but that is ok for me

H

[cookie1]

We had a stir fry last night and I added unami to it and everyone remarked how tasty it was. Yeah, thanks Tenina.

[Halex]

So cookie how much did you add? What other sacues were in the stirfry?  Sounds like a great idea.

H

[obbie]

just rang my local health food shop, and they have Dulse flakes.
so i'll make this tonight.

thanks, Tenia..

Robyn

[cookie1]

Hally I added 2 teaspoons per 500g of meat.

[pumpkin pie]

oh phew mine was that color too maddy and i thought it was off and that i had put in way too much dulse flakes or something lol and next time would use my kitchen scales and not thermie scales as it seemed to be a whole lot...thats what i thought changed the colour as yes teninas on her website is a whole lot more nice looking 

So how did you measure your dulse flakes??  I also thought in mine the dulse flakes overpowered the other flavours so will see if it makes a difference with kitchen scales ..opps

So what would the difference be using kitchen scales to thermie scales, shouldn't they both weigh the same?

[judydawn]

Pumpkin pie, I use my digital scales for weighing small amounts of anything as I find it to be more accurate.

[Frozzie]

oh phew mine was that color too maddy and i thought it was off and that i had put in way too much dulse flakes or something lol and next time would use my kitchen scales and not thermie scales as it seemed to be a whole lot...thats what i thought changed the colour as yes teninas on her website is a whole lot more nice looking 

So how did you measure your dulse flakes??  I also thought in mine the dulse flakes overpowered the other flavours so will see if it makes a difference with kitchen scales ..opps

So what would the difference be using kitchen scales to thermie scales, shouldn't they both weigh the same?

no apparently especially with light weight ingredients or when you sprinkle into the bowl in a rain type flow it can trick the scales and not register so you end up putting in much more than is needed so either premesure and put it in or do it in large amounts at a time ..think its safer to premesure something like that..it has something to do with the scales registering in 5g lots or something if I remember correctly so if what your putting in is under 5g at a time it wont register at least thats what they tell us in France.. also even flour or sugar etc you should never sprinkle it in but put it in spoonfuls otherwise same thing can happen and give you a wrong reading!!

[cookie1]

Sorry Hally, I missed half your question. This stir fry only had soy sauce in it.

I made sausage rolls for DD's Christmas party yesterday and put umami in those too. I'm loving it.

[rosmitchell1000]

Just wondering if these Dulse flakes would be found in Asian grocery stores.  What would they call it? Is it like the flakes they sprinkle on tofu in Japanese restaurants that seem to wave around like its alive?  I don't have any decent health food shops nearby in Joburg but have plenty of chinese grocers.

Cheers,
Ros

[cookie1]

Tenina mentioned at one of her classes that you could always use nori if you couldn't get the dulse flakes.

[stef]

I am allergic to glutamine accid so i guess i can not try this

[Tasty]

Just wondering where the name umami comes from Tenina?

[Tenina]

Just wondering where the name umami comes from Tenina?

It is a Japanese culinary discovery and I am guessing they also coined the word for it. It dates back to the late 1800’s as an actual scientific fact that we do taste 5 tastes, not just 4 as previously thought.
Bitter, sweet, salty, sour and umami.
Umami is found naturally in high glutamate rich foods and so that is what I have used in the recipe. MSG is actually a bad synthentic version of Umami, so this is a the healthy natural version.
There are lots of options for people who dont have dairy or seafood as well, so dont hesitate to ask if needs be.

[Katiej]

Are there any options for people with nut allergies? Can you replace the walnuts or leave them out?